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Collective Bargaining

Nonunion workers are on their own. Union workers bargain collectively with their employers. In the Collective Bargaining section, we report on all aspects of that: negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations; impasses, lockouts, and strikes; and tentative agreements, votes, and ratification of new union contracts.

Collective Bargaining

Minor League salaries double in first union contract

Apr 6, 2023

Minor League Baseball players unionized in September. And by the end of March, they had their first-ever collective bargaining agreement.

Collective Bargaining

Beer distribution workers may strike

Apr 6, 2023

Teamsters Local 162 members are losing patience with Maletis’ suggestion to back out of the union’s fully funded pension plan. 

Collective Bargaining

UAW may go on the offense to end two-tier contracts

Apr 6, 2023

Under new leadership, UAW may be more assertive this year when union contracts expire Sept. 14 with the three big U.S. automakers.

Collective Bargaining

Laborers strike at CertainTeed ends with bigger raises

Mar 16, 2023

The strike shut down production at the company’s asphalt roof tile plant at 6350 NW Front Ave. for two and a half weeks.

Collective Bargaining

Teachers at virtual public school get union contract

Mar 15, 2023

The state’s only teachers union at an online-only school ratified its first contract in a unanimous March 10 vote.

Collective Bargaining

Techs win first contract at hospital in The Dalles

Mar 15, 2023

Hospital techs at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles have ratified their first union contract, almost 18 months after unionizing.

Collective Bargaining

Laborers strike shuts CertainTeed shingle plant

Mar 2, 2023

Three days after voting down a company contract offer, workers at a Northwest Portland roof shingle factory walked out and shut it down.

Collective Bargaining

Miners end 23-month strike at Warrior Met Coal

Mar 2, 2023

Roughly 1,100 union members walked off the job April 1, 2021. They’re set to go back March 2 under the terms of their old contract.

Collective Bargaining

City workers win wage gains after 3-day strike

Feb 15, 2023

The wastewater treatment plant picket drew a police presence after unsubstantiated allegations by Portland mayor Ted Wheeler of picket line violence.

Collective Bargaining

Portland City Laborers begin strike

Feb 2, 2023

Laborers Local 483 wants raises that keep up with inflation. City HR says no, and Mayor Wheeler prepares to hire scabs.

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